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Alum Named WHIO’s New Morning Meteorologist

Kirstie Zontini

Ohio University alum Kirstie Zontini is the new morning meteorologist for WHIO TV and Radio, reports the Dayton Daily News. She is part of WHIO’s expanded Storm Center 7 team of “six fully-accredited meteorologists focusing on local weather.” WHIO is “expanding to provide 24/7 weather coverage on air, online, in […]

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May 8, 2015 at 2:43 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Justice Marc Kantrowitz Named Glidden Professor for Fall 2015

Justice Marc Kantrowitz

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture announces that Ohio University alumni R. Marc. Kantrowitz, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, has been selected as a Glidden Visiting Professor in Fall 2015 by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. Kantrowitz earned a B.A. degree in History […]

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May 2, 2015 at 10:34 amAlumni News

‘I’d Do It Again, If I Could,’ Says Recent Grad Ruiz-Tijerina

David Ruiz-Tijerina '13Ph.D.

Recent Physics & Astronomy graduate David Ruiz-Tijerina ’13Ph.D. did his dissertation on “Kondo physics and many-body effects in quantum dots and molecular junctions.” His adviser was Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University. “As a graduate student at Ohio University, I did fundamental research on the […]

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April 27, 2015 at 8:57 amAlumni

Recent Grad Fan Is ‘Someone Who Will Apply Physics to Real-World Applications’

Recent Grad Fan Is ‘Someone Who Will Apply Physics to Real-World Applications’

Recent Physics & Astronomy graduate Zhiyuan Fan Ph.D. completed his dissertation on “Optical Activity of Chiral Nanomaterials: Effects of Short Range and Long Range Electromagnetic Interactions.” Fan used “DNA origami” to create new nanostructures that bend light in ways that do not occur naturally. His article on the structures made […]

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April 26, 2015 at 7:25 pmAlumni

A Tale of Two Bobcats & the Criminal Justice System

A Tale of Two Bobcats & the Criminal Justice System

By Amber Damiani ’15 Two Ohio University alumni and close friends—Marc Houk and Mike Swiger—talked about their careers in the criminal justice system to students in Dr. Nicole Kaufman’s Criminology and Criminal Justice classes in April. Over the past 27 years, Houk has worked in the area of criminal justice, […]

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April 22, 2015 at 8:09 pmAlumni In Class News

Physics Alum Confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society

Sir Venki Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society. Image: © Max Alexander

Ohio University alum and Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The result of a ballot of the Fellowship was confirmed at a meeting of […]

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April 20, 2015 at 10:34 amAlumni News

Alumni Discuss Alternative Career Paths for English Majors

Alumni Discuss Alternative Career Paths for English Majors

By George E. Mauzy Jr. From Compass The Ohio University Department of English hosted its second annual Futures in English Symposium on Friday in Alden Library to demonstrate to its students that anything is possible with an English degree. Organizers said the event lets students know that there are many […]

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April 15, 2015 at 9:11 amAlumni News